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Rated: E · Photo Album · Biographical · #1536467
Various pix of my town
Portrait of a hometown
438 Waldo Street ~ I used this in a piece about the tennants being forced out of their homes
Yukabaitis's Market ~ They tell me this used to be Yukabaitis's Market.
Welcome To Rumford ~ I actually used this at the end of the poem for when I was leaving town...
Waldo Street 2008 ~ Troubled area of town now
Waldo Street late 1800's ~ Just housing for the mill workers really
Waldo Street Fire 1979 ~ Never a good sign
Vietnam Memorial Rumford ~ God bless those who gave all
Up the River ~ Rumford in Late Fall
The 'New' Store in Abbot Farm Plaza ~ Great place for less expensive things
St. Rocco's Hall ~ A hold over from the Italian Neighborhood.
Stephen's High School ~ I went to Jr. High Here. Now gone.
Strathoglass Park ~ {The Brick Park built by Mr. Chisholm
St. A&J Church ~ Rumford's Catholic Church
South end of the Island... ~ Congress to River Street
Shadow of the Mill Stacks ~ Also the title and title picture of another Rumford piece.
Scottie's Ski Hill Two. ~ Ski Lift
Scottie's Ski Hill. ~ I remember going sledding here with Chad Mitchell.
Scottie Richardson's ~ An awesome place to poke around when I was a kid.
Rumford Public Library ~ Beautiful in fall colors
Rumford Post Office 1920's? ~ No description included.
Rumford Point Fairy ~ It lasted for almost 100 years!
Rumford Mills 1880's ~ Old Postcard
Rumford Mills ~ Somewhere around the turn of the 20th Century
Rumford Map 1858 ~ On the map!
Rumford Maine ~ our town in summer
Rumford Falls ~ Old shot late 1800's
Rumford Center 1925 ~ I knew it as Scottie Richardson's Store
Rumford Canal Street 1920's? ~ I think early 20's...though I used it as mid 50's in a poem...
Rolls of Paper ~ and paper rolls...
Ralph L. Clarke ~ Funky old faded sign...also wrote about this place in another poem.
Perry's Store on Congress ~ I remember when this was open and an awesome hangout!
Paul Bunyon ~ Yes we also lay claim to the lumber jack
Oxford Ave ~ Down one of Hugh Chisholm's street.
Our town ~ New Pic from the Fall's Hill Overlook
Old Agway Store ~ Closed down, but I have warm memories of shopping for grain here with my dad
New Page Mill ~ The current name of 'our' mill.
Middle Falls, Rumford ~ I used this in place of a picture of the Swift River
Memorial Bridge 1920's ~ from the library to the island
Maine New Hampshire Map ~ Red line indicates railroad at the time.
Mill and Pulp Piles ~ How it has changed.
Lower Congress from Across Canal ~ The man made body of water that makes it an Island.
Legere's Hardware ~ I think 2003?
Hugh Chisholm's Tomb ~ In a Portland, Maine Cemetery
Hugh Chisholm ~ The brilliant man who envisioned a future for a tiny settlement by a big river.
Hosmier Field 1993 ~ Our 'Rec Park.'
Hosmer Field 1848 ~ Play Ball!
Flood 1936 ~ made a bit of a mess...
Empty Plaza ~ Abbot Farm/River Valley Plaza
Edmund S. Muskie. Rumford's Politician ~ I have spelt his first and last name wrong a time or two...
DQ on Handcock Street 1960's ~ another place in town I do not remember.
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